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February

Our speaker this month was Julie Leigh of White Egret Limited. Julie has more than thirty years experience of working with all types of small and medium business. She has worked with those first considering starting a business and businesses that have been in the same family for more than 150 years and those turning over more than £5,000,000. Wherever your business is on this scale, she can help. Julie has a passion for making things happen.

Be prepared to work on your business! This was an interactive session and everyone went away with their own thoughts on how to improve their business, and knowing what three things they need to do to run a successful business.

This meeting was also the Club A.G.M.

Summary of Accounts for year ending 31-Dec-2009 (pdf)

January

Our speaker this month was Simon Bell, who with an interactive and entertaining presentation helped attendees understand the importance of establishing a 'win - win' situation in the business of telephone selling.

Simon Bell is an inspiring speaker and “the” Telephone Sales Expert. As owner of the Sales Call Expert in Dorset, Simon is on a mission to have everyone unleash their sales expert.

December

Christmas is a time for giving, so the theme this month was 'Promotional Gifts and Presents' and our guest was the one and only Richard Mack of RT Promotions. Richard brought along some of the latest things on the market and helped us understand how to choose and use something that will really help our businesses and not just be the throwaway 'freebe'.

November

Our speaker was John New of John New Creative, who introduced us to The Gentle Art of Persuasion. This talk provided an insight into the process involved in establishing strong selling messages that lead to the creation of believable, powerful product and brand messages that shape thinking and deliver customers. It is not about smoke and mirrors.

John has had a wide ranging careeer in the world of communications, publicity and advertising and now runs his own creative marketing communications consultancy.

October

This month the focus was on our office environment and the desks and chairs we need to perform well. Trevor Muddimer, an expert in this field, was our speaker.

Trevor demonstrated correct seating for computer use. He reviewed the risks and symptoms associated with using computers, and offered some solutions.

Trevor Muddimer has 15 years experience in Health and Safety in the Oil and Gas sector, specializing in office based risks. He is Principal Advisor at Workplace Sense Ltd.

Trevor has a diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety management and is currently taking the masters phase.

He was joined for this presentation by Guy Osmond, owner of the Ferndown based suppliers of ergonomic office equipment who brought along some chairs for people to try.

September

This month the focus was on Networking and we were delighted that Laura McHarrie - the most respected networker in the South of England - agreed to give us a presentation.

Like it or not, we network all the time. From the moment we step over the school ground threshold, we start building relationships. We continue to do so through college, university, work; the church, the pub, the golf club. Nowadays, we can do it through online social networks. Laura McHarrie, a Business Link Adviser, illustrated the power of LinkedIn as a networking tool that supports your face to face efforts.

Laura McHarrie has been a Business Link Advisor for almost seven years. After an early climb up the corporate ladder, she started two businesses, a retail outlet and a freelance practice. In between, she managed fashion retail business with 31 outlets that she had to liquidate during the millennium dot com boom. Following that, she spent three years at Weymouth College teaching and studying for a CertEd. She now uses all that experience in the management of the brilliant BusinessXchange programme: a learning and support network for business owners.

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